On The Rails: The Adventures of Boxcar Bertie by Rosemary & Larry Mild – Book Tour (Review)

Synopsis: Once again, authors Rosemary and Larry Mild bring you an exciting adventure, a fictional story of a young and frisky woman wrestling to survive life’s obstacles. On the Rails, a Boxcar Bertie Adventure takes you to a trying time and rich milieu no longer in existence. What’s a woman to do? Bertie Patchet has

Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes (Book Review)

Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes Synopsis: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn and television pioneer Shonda Rhimes comes a powerful and romantic novel of Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte and King George III’s great love story and how it sparked a societal shift, inspired by the original series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, created by Shondaland

Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller (Book Review)

Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller Synopsis: It’s ball season in Vienna, and Maria Wallner only wants one thing: to restore her family’s hotel, the Hotel Wallner, to its former glory. She’s not going to let anything get in her way – not her parents’ three-decade-long affair; not seemingly-random attacks by masked assassins; and especially

The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams by M. J. Rose (Book Review)

The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams by M. J. Rose Synopsis: A captivating tale of two passionate women separated by decades but united by a shared vision. One, the famous jeweler Suzanne Belperron, fighting to protect her company and rescue the man she loves. The other, a young auctioneer whose exceptional gifts reveal a secret that

The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton (Book Review)

The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton Synopsis: In 1934, a luxury cruise becomes a fight for survival as two women’s pasts collide on a round-trip voyage from New York to Havana in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s page-turning new novel inspired by the true story of the SS Morro Castle. New York heiress

A Most Intriguing Lady by Sarah Ferguson (Book Review)

A Most Intriguing Lady by Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York) Synopsis: From Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, a sweeping, romantic compulsively readable historical saga about a Duke’s daughter—the perfect Victorian lady—who secretly moonlights as an amateur sleuth for high society’s inner circle.  Victorian London was notorious for its pickpockets. But in the country houses

Eternity Between Us by Stephenia H. McGee (Book Review)

Eternity Between Us by Stephenia H. McGee Synopsis: Two sides. Two hearts. And a gulf between them as deep and wide as eternity.  Virginia, 1861 After being forced to use a pistol against invaders, Evelyn Mapleton is no longer the timid girl her extended family expects. The more her aunt and cousin resent her new

Her Heart for a Compass by Sarah Ferguson (Book Review)

Her Heart for a Compass by Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York) The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, is known for her children’s books. But being a lover of the Victorian Era, she has turned her hand to bringing lesser-known historical figures to life by fictionalizing them. Historical by nature, her stories can be classified as

January 2023 Round Up

Happy New Year! A bright, shiny new year lies ahead of us (although at this moment there are only 11.5 months remaining). Hubby and I spent a quiet end to the holiday season. Mr. Macho Kitty has been trying to come to terms with the loss of Miss Taffy. Poor boy is having a difficult

The Girl on the Carpathia by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts (Book Review)

The Girl on the Carpathia by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts “SOS TITANIC TO ALL SHIPS. SINKING HEAD DOWN 41.46 N 50.14 W. COME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE” North Atlantic Ocean, 1912. Kate Royston is a witness to history as the RMS Carpathia responds to the Titanic’s desperate SOS. Kate plans to escape personal tragedy by fleeing to Europe but everything changes